Revelation 5


Revelation 5 is the fifth chapter of the Book of Revelation or the Apocalypse of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The book is traditionally attributed to John the Apostle, but the precise identity of the author remains a point of academic debate. This chapter contains the inaugural vision of the lamb on the throne in heaven.

Text

The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 14 verses.

Textual witnesses

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are among others:
The sealed scroll or book is introduced, which will be unsealed step by step in chapter 6 and finally opened with the breach of the seventh seal in. "The idea of the book in which the decrees of the Divine government appear written occurs already in and in ". Only Jesus Christ is proven worthy to open the scroll which contains 'God's secret plan for the coming of his kingdom on earth'.

Verse 5

Cross reference:

Verse 6

Verse 11

Verse 12

Verse 13

Verse 14